US Staff Sgt. Anthony Warigi was a veteran of the Afghan war on leave in his native Kenya when a "shady" altercation at a bar reportedly ended in a deadly gunfight. Mysteriously, Army casualty notification officers notified Warigi’s family in Kenya a day after the...
The United States is in the midst of fighting a new war in Africa, following familiar foreign policy conventions applied previously, particularly in Latin America and the Middle East, to ruinous results. The strategy is characterized by military aid to and reliance on...
American citizens aboard an aid flotilla headed to Gaza in an attempt to break Israel's naval blockade of the strip could face action for violating Israeli and American law, the Obama administration warned Thursday. A boat setting sail from Turkey on Wednesday...
Approximately 34,000 US troops remain in Iraq, the "vast majority" of which are due to exit the country by December, a US general said Thursday. "As I look at the plan, I think it's clear to me that by the time we get to about mid-December or so, the vast majority of...
President Barack Obama stood with French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday to say that Iran's nuclear program continues to pose a threat, as a belligerent West anticipates next week's release of a report on Tehran's nuclear activities. The International Atomic...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered an investigation into alleged leaks of plans to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, according to reports. The main suspects for the leak are the former heads of Israel's intelligence agencies the Mossad and the Shin...
The Obama administration is considering a shift in military strategy away from the troop-intensive surge as early as next year, scaling back the combat duties well ahead of the 2014 date previously given for a drawdown. According to administration officials, the early...
Flying all over the world, increasingly sophisticated drones have been in the air much longer than is official acknowledged. According to statistics provided by the Army, Navy and Air Force, remotely piloted aircraft have flown around 2.7 million flight hours, and...
Harsher penalties were unanimously approved against Iran by the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, promoting two bill that would strengthen the already extensive set of sanctions targeting Tehran's energy and banking sector. If passed, the expanded...
Lawyers representing detainees at Guantanamo Bay detention center say officials at the military base have been reading privileged attorney-client communications, which they assert is illegal, violates legal ethics, and will impede the criminal proceedings set to...
